The US Food and Drug Administration is recalling a number of pig ear and beef hoof dog treats due to fear of salmonella bacteria contamination.

Manufactured under the names Doggie Delight, Pork Tasteez and Pet Carousel, and packaged under the brand names Choo Hooves, Dentley’s, Doggie Delight and Pet Carousel, the ears and hooves were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores.
All sizes and all lots of the pork ears purchased on or after August 16, and all beef hoof products purchased on or after September 16 are included in …read more

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already issued a recall for roasted pistachio nuts from the Setton Farms plant in Terra Bella, California, but now they have widened their warning to include raw nuts as well. They found enough salmonella to believe there may be some “cross-contamination between the raw and roasted products.”

At this point, I’m dumping anything I have with pistachios, but I may just be over cautious. The FDA also says this recall is not related to the peanut butter scare we had recently.
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Have you been tracking the details of the peanut-plant salmonella contamination and food recalls? How scary is that? That contamination has gone on this long and the one plant never having been inspected?
Personally, I’d like to see the justice system go Erin Brokovich on his ass – lock him in a room with nothing to eat or drink but water and his own peanut products.
Stewart Parnell aka Peanut Corp. of American head honcho would be face-to-face with his own demons. Would he choose to starve or would he choose to risk eating foods he knows to be …read more